45th Annual Nashville Confrence on African-American History and Culture

Metro Historical Commission / Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture · February 24, 2026

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Opening welcome and housekeeping

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Scarlet Miles, interim director of the Metro Historical Commission, opened the conference, thanked Tennessee State University (Avon Williams campus) and Metro streaming staff, and previewed the day's program and committee acknowledgements.

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The Metro Historical Commission and Tennessee State University hosted the 45th Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture at TSUs Avon Williams campus. Speakers highlighted recent Metro Historical Commission projects, new research on enslaved labor at the Tennessee State Capitol, community histories (Sunnyside, Promised Land), family/business legacies, and local lynching cases.

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